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Chan Academy Australia is a registered trading name
of the Buddhist Discussion Centre (Upwey) Ltd.
33 Brooking Street, Upwey 3158 Victoria. Australia
A.C.N. 005 701 806 A.B.N. 42 611 496 488
e-mail: chanacademy@bdcu.org.au
website: www.bdcu.org.au

Regional Centre of the World Fellowship of Buddhists
Associated Institution of the World Buddhist University
Member of the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria (Aust)


NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASSA


JOHN D. HUGHES DHAMMA CETIYA
MEDITATION HALL & LIBRARY


Official Opening - Sunday 9th September 2007


SPEECH BY THE MOST VENERABLE KENTRUL RINPOCHE JAMPHEL LODRO


Miss Julie O'Donnell read the speech on behalf of Kentrul Rinpoche following which the Venerable performed a tantric ritual, invocation and offerings.


I feel very grateful to be here once again to join in this ceremony. I was never fortunate enough to meet John Hughes, however, I developed strong faith in him as a great being.

I don’t make judgments easily, however over time I slowly realised that John Hughes was a great Bodhisattva who realised Buddha Dharma without a human teacher and his students don’t just have intellectual knowledge in the head, my experience has been that they have developed kind heart and genuine devotion.

For this reason, I am more than happy to help this centre in any way I can and today I will perform a tantric ritual to transform the environment into a mandala. Then I invocate the enlightened beings from the ten directions and I will do many different ways of offering to accumulate merit for this special opening of the Hall and remembering John Hughes’ birthday.

I will then invite all the protectors of John Hughes and the local deities who own the land and the surrounding area. I offer them oceans of precious objects projected by the power of the Dharma in the secret mantras of this ritual.

I am doing this to remind them of their relationship to John Hughes and this Centre and introduce any new deities to create friendship so that we all help each other.

Lastly, I use the power of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, interdependent cause and effect and the power of my genuine aspiration and everybody’s loving kindness to fulfill our wishes and aspirations.




May You Be Well and Happy


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